Walking skate shoe



l%b.21,1939.4 MSMOKER Y147,933

WALK ING SKATE SHOE Filed Feb.` 2, 1938 Patented Feb. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES EN QF F1 2,147,933 WALKING SKATE SHOE Max Smoker, New Paris, Ind. Application February 2, 1938, Serial No. 188,324 2 Claims. (Cl. 28011.38)

the skate, or bring the runner of the skate lnto contact With a H001 or the ground until the person reaches the ice.

An important advantage of invention is to protect the skate runner against damage in walking like.

The under side of the shoe III is shaped to have a heel I4 and a sole or ball part I5 ahead of the heel. Preferably the heel I4 on the Wood sh'oe heel I4 and the bali I5 is cut away as best indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The shoe is I claim extension, and releasable means for drawing the by, said heel portion having a rear extension beshoe upwardly snugly against the skate runner, yond the heel of the skater sloped upwardly and whereby the skater may walk about on the skate rearwardly from the level at the heel portion to shoe with the skate protected thereby. the top of the tip end of the extension and the 2. For a skater, a skate shoe comprising a body front end of the body having an extension beyond 5 having a central longitudinal groove to receive the shoe sloped upwardly from the ball to the therein the runner of a skate, the body having tip end of that extension, said groove being limunder heel and ball portions wider than the skate ted in width to receive therein said runner with runner for ground contact, and releasable means a close sliding fit to prevent lateral rocking of the 10 for drawing the shoe upwardly snugly against the shoe about the runner. 10

Skate runner, whereby the skater may walk about MAX SMOKER.

on the skate shoe with the skate protected there- 

